Seeley Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 6
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 34
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 3
Devon 23
Dorset 11
Durham 1
Essex 117
Gloucestershire 10
Hampshire 6
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 28
Lancashire 29
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 21
London 303
Middlesex 55
Northumberland 9
Norfolk 81
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 3
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 190
Somerset 15
Surrey 29
Sussex 15
Staffordshire 21
Warwickshire 93
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 71
Yorkshire 52

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 9
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Seeley Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Seeley family

Profession Census Frequency
School 109
Farm Labourer 22
General Labourer 13
Private Means 13
General Servant (domestic) 11
At School 9
Carpenter 8
Domestic Servant 8
Labourer 7
Dress Maker 6
Bricklayer 6
General Servant Domestic 6
Old Age Pensioner 6
House Keeper 5
Clerk 5
No 5
None 5
Tailoress 5
Housekeeper 5
Carman 4
Housemaid (domestic) 4
At Home 4
Servant (domestic) 4
Coal Miner Hewer 4
Errand Boy 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Seeley

Name Census Frequency
William Seeley 314
Mary Seeley 295
John Seeley 240
George Seeley 206
Elizabeth Seeley 179
James Seeley 152
Sarah Seeley 146
Thomas Seeley 135
Joseph Seeley 115
Henry Seeley 114
Eliza Seeley 106
Jane Seeley 95
Alfred Seeley 94
Charles Seeley 90
Robert Seeley 90
Arthur Seeley 86
Emma Seeley 85
Walter Seeley 79
Ann Seeley 74
Ellen Seeley 70
Alice Seeley 69
Frederick Seeley 67
Samuel Seeley 65
Annie Seeley 63
Florence Seeley 62

Seeley Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Sealey 83% 8,185
2 Sly 50% 6,824
3 Seeley 100% 5,593
4 Selley 83% 5,423
5 Sealy 67% 4,075
6 Soley 67% 2,276
7 Seely 83% 1,875
8 Ousley 50% 1,036
9 Asley 50% 811
10 Isley 50% 765
11 Slay 50% 638
12 Osley 50% 604
13 Easley 50% 597
14 Seally 67% 420
15 Ausley 50% 415
16 Ouseley 57% 390
17 Saley 67% 379
18 Suley 67% 365
19 Siley 67% 280
20 Sooley 67% 251
21 Sailey 67% 242
22 Usley 50% 235
23 Esley 67% 222
24 Seley 83% 218
25 Sley 67% 172
26 Easly 33% 164
27 Souley 67% 151
28 Sealley 71% 149
29 Siely 67% 118
30 Saly 50% 110
31 Slye 33% 103

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The surname Seeley is the 3rd most popular variant of Sealey.

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